General Skills Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£52,500	-4.54%	19,961 22.17%	6,750
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£67,500	-6.23%	11,687 12.98%	5,113
Inclusion and Diversity	13	Up 10 places+10	£55,000	-	6,694 7.43%	983
Banking	18	Up 20 places+20	£90,000	+9.09%	5,817 6.46%	666
Analytical Skills	28	Down -19 places-19	£53,150	-3.36%	4,740 5.26%	2,595
Marketing	41	Down -6 places-6	£45,000	-18.18%	3,889 4.32%	2,390
Public Sector	56	Up 39 places+39	£60,000	-	2,937 3.26%	1,187
Manufacturing	60	Down -38 places-38	£45,000	-14.28%	2,714 3.01%	1,021
Retail	62	Down -7 places-7	£55,000	+4.76%	2,661 2.95%	1,300
Law	75	Down -33 places-33	£60,000	+9.09%	2,225 2.47%	743
Legal	83	Down -24 places-24	£67,500	+17.39%	1,947 2.16%	1,111
Organisational Skills	100	Up 8 places+8	£38,000	-10.58%	1,619 1.80%	792
Telecoms	108	Up 25 places+25	£42,500	-5.55%	1,550 1.72%	677
Electronics	163	Down -78 places-78	£52,500	-8.69%	1,106 1.23%	464
Games	201	Down -1 place-1	£45,000	-18.18%	902 1.00%	421
Influencing Skills	217	Up 13 places+13	£75,000	+17.18%	812 0.90%	422
Automotive	217	Up 115 places+115	£48,000	-9.00%	812 0.90%	395
Aerospace	221	Up 109 places+109	£55,000	+0.37%	792 0.88%	444
Presentation Skills	224	Down -133 places-133	£58,500	+1.73%	779 0.87%	570
Advertising	269	Down -63 places-63	£45,000	-19.64%	603 0.67%	319
Pharmaceutical	274	Up 63 places+63	£60,000	+9.09%	587 0.65%	219
Local Government	302	Up 18 places+18	£50,000	-	516 0.57%	218
Multimedia	327	Up 250 places+250	£30,500	-15.27%	462 0.51%	210
Documentation Skills	343	Up 83 places+83	£53,750	+0.46%	433 0.48%	192
Financial Institution	343	Down -156 places-156	£86,250	+0.52%	433 0.48%	201
Back Office	353	Up 102 places+102	£61,500	-12.14%	415 0.46%	144
Front Office	389	Down -233 places-233	£100,000	-13.04%	356 0.40%	137
Billing	393	Up 87 places+87	£38,000	-30.90%	352 0.39%	268
Military	403	Up 19 places+19	£43,499	-27.50%	336 0.37%	250
French Language	410	Down -149 places-149	£45,000	-30.76%	322 0.36%	124
Aviation	426	Up 76 places+76	£65,000	+13.04%	301 0.33%	120
German Language	439	Down -182 places-182	£40,000	-44.82%	283 0.31%	143
Health Technology	503	Down -12 places-12	£60,000	-14.28%	210 0.23%	154
Tech for Good	511	Down -36 places-36	£70,000	+9.37%	201 0.22%	31
Publishing	539	Down -97 places-97	£60,000	-6.25%	172 0.19%	106
Investment Banking	546	Down -161 places-161	£95,000	-15.55%	165 0.18%	108
Police	578	Down -141 places-141	£55,000	+5.07%	133 0.15%	35
Spanish Language	592	Up 6 places+6	£50,000	-4.76%	118 0.13%	81
Social Housing	600	Down -34 places-34	£55,000	-8.33%	110 0.12%	49
Agriculture	613	Down -28 places-28	£43,500	-15.12%	97 0.11%	45
Digital Healthcare	631	Down -5 places-5	£60,000	-7.69%	79 0.088%	14
Dutch Language	633	Down -35 places-35	£35,000	-	77 0.086%	40
Digital Health	634	Down -14 places-14	£70,000	+27.27%	76 0.084%	69
Italian Language	637	Down -19 places-19	£55,000	-24.13%	73 0.081%	48
Retail Banking	639	Down -118 places-118	£85,000	+1.70%	71 0.079%	31
Brand Awareness	639	Down -51 places-51	£55,000	+37.50%	71 0.079%	57
Portuguese Language	640	Down -14 places-14	£56,300	+60.85%	70 0.078%	32
Fire and Rescue	641	Down -32 places-32	£54,749	+5.65%	69 0.077%	34
General Ledger	643	Down -70 places-70	£82,500	+14.59%	67 0.074%	43
Aeronautics	645	Down -46 places-46	£65,000	+29.85%	65 0.072%	16